Just wonderful - SEIU in the news again
One of President Obama's owners, the Service Employees International, are in the news again.
From
Inside Higher Education:
Union's Man
A University of Maryland professor has pulled his institution into a heated labor debate in California, prompting a rebuke from administrators and inviting questions about his own conflicts of interest.
As a paid consultant for Service Employees International, the nation's fastest growing labor union, Fred Feinstein recently wrote a legal opinion suggesting that California health care workers could receive “less favorable” benefits if they left SEIU for another union. Feinstein penned his opinion on university letterhead, which was then photocopied and used by SEIU as campaign literature, urging workers to stay on as members.
Listing his credentials, Feinstein mentioned his status as a senior fellow and visiting professor in Maryland’s School of Public Policy, along with detailing his prior service as general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board. What Feinstein did not mention, however, was that he’s on the SEIU payroll and received about $240,000 from the union and one of its affiliates, Change to Win, in 2007 and 2008, according to federal filings.
#1) - Using an Academic pulpit to promote a political agenda is unethical.
#2) - Not disclosing the SEIU funds is conflict of interest.
Let us hope that this is the soon-to-be EX Professor Feinstein...
Posted by DaveH at January 21, 2010 2:12 PM
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